Salina Cruz, Mexico

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Salina Cruz Bay
Salina Cruz, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Alexander H.M. Cascone, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Salina Cruz

Salina Cruz is a town in Oaxaca, Mexico. From Salina Cruz you can reach 2 surf spots, 1 kite spot and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is Salina Cruz, a kite and windsurf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 27 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in Salina Cruz

  • 27 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Salina Cruz.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Salina Cruz each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Salina Cruz: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Salina Cruze -Jetty5.5 kmabout 10 min by car4 ft632 kJwind from the north, 23 knots, offshore, too small4 ft379 kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore, too small3 ft311 kJwind from the north, 20 knots, offshore, too small4 ft355 kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore, too small4 ft478 kJwind from the north, 19 knots, offshore, fair4 ft400 kJwind from the north, 22 knots, offshore, too small3 ft302 kJwind from the north-north-east, 16 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Salina Cruze -Jetty: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Salina Cruze -Jetty, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct35, too small4 ft13 s632kJwind from the north, 23 knots, offshore30°C
Mon 19Oct33, too small4 ft12 s379kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore30°C
Tue 20Oct30, too small3 ft12 s311kJwind from the north, 20 knots, offshore32°C
Wed 21Oct25, too small4 ft12 s355kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore32°C
Thu 22Oct37, fair4 ft12 s478kJwind from the north, 19 knots, offshore32°C
Fri 23Oct28, too small4 ft12 s400kJwind from the north, 22 knots, offshore31°C
Sat 24Oct30, too small3 ft12 s302kJwind from the north-north-east, 16 knots, offshore32°C
Punta Conejo7.6 kmabout 15 min by car4 ft632 kJwind from the north, 23 knots, offshore, too small4 ft379 kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore, too small3 ft311 kJwind from the north, 20 knots, offshore, too small4 ft355 kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore, too small4 ft478 kJwind from the north, 19 knots, offshore, too small4 ft400 kJwind from the north, 22 knots, offshore, too small3 ft302 kJwind from the north-north-east, 16 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Punta Conejo: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Punta Conejo, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct35, too small4 ft13 shollow632kJwind from the north, 23 knots, offshore30°C
Mon 19Oct32, too small4 ft12 shollow379kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore30°C
Tue 20Oct30, too small3 ft12 shollow311kJwind from the north, 20 knots, offshore32°C
Wed 21Oct25, too small4 ft12 shollow355kJwind from the north, 18 knots, offshore32°C
Thu 22Oct29, too small4 ft12 shollow478kJwind from the north, 19 knots, offshore32°C
Fri 23Oct27, too small4 ft12 shollow400kJwind from the north, 22 knots, offshore31°C
Sat 24Oct24, too small3 ft12 shollow302kJwind from the north-north-east, 16 knots, offshore32°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Salina Cruz, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near Salina Cruz

Windsurf near Salina Cruz

Places to eat near Salina Cruz

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits